The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement calls for all people to abstain from reproduction to cause the gradual voluntary extinction of humankind. VHEMT supports human extinction primarily because, in the group’s view, it would prevent environmental degradation. The group states that a decrease in the human population would prevent a significant amount of human-caused suffering.
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The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement calls for all people to abstain from reproduction to cause the gradual voluntary extinction of humankind. VHEMT supports human extinction primarily because, in the group’s view, it would prevent environmental degradation. The group states that a decrease in the human population would prevent a significant amount of human-caused suffering. The extinctions of non-human species and the scarcity of resources required by humans are frequently cited by the group as evidence of the harm caused by human overpopulation. Many commentators view its platform as unacceptably extreme, while endorsing the logic of reducing the rate of human reproduction. Some journalists and academics have argued that humans can develop sustainable lifestyles or can reduce their population to sustainable levels. Others maintain that, whatever the merits of the idea, the human reproductive drive will prevent humankind from ever voluntarily seeking extinction. In 2018, a supporter of the movement appeared on the popular YouTube channel LAHWF in a video called, \”Chatting with a Supporter of the VoluntaryHumanExtinction Movement\”. —VH EMT Website. The movement’s logo features the letter ‘V’ and a picture of the Earth with north at the bottom. The logo has also published cartoons, including a comic strip titled Bonobo Baby, featuring a woman who forgoes childbearing in favor of adopting a bonobo.
It functions as a loose network rather than a formal organization, and does not compile a list of members. It sells buttons and T-shirts, as well as bumper stickers that read \”Thank you for not breeding\”. In 1996, Knight created a website for VhEMT; it was available in 11 languages by 2010. In 1995, Daniel Metz of Willamette University stated in 1995 that VHemT’s mailing list had just under 400 subscribers. Six years later, Fox News said the list had only 230 subscribers. Knight believes that even if humans become more environmentally friendly, they could still return to environmentally destructive lifestyles and should eliminate themselves. Residents of the First World bear the most responsibility to change, according to Knight, as they consume the largest proportion of Earth’s resources. He says that humans are incompatible with the biosphere and that human existence is causing environmental damage which will eventually bring about the extinction of humans. He believes that the vast majority of human societies have not lived sustainable lifestyles, and attempts to live environmentally friendly lifestyles do not change the fact that humanexistence has ultimately been destructive to the Earth and many other species.
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